Shloka 64

कृतयुगवर्णनम् तथा राजधर्मोपदेशः

Kṛtayuga Description and Instruction on Royal Dharma

Devanagari script

वीरपत्न्यस्तथा नार्य: संश्रयन्ति नरान्‌ नृप । भर्तारमपि जीवन्तमन्यान्‌ व्यभिचरन्त्युत,राजन! वीर पुरुषोंकी पत्नियाँ भी परपुरुषोंका आश्रय लेंगी और पतिके जीते हुए भी दूसरोंसे व्यभिचार करेंगी

Transliteration

vaśaṃpāyana uvāca |

vīrapatnyas tathā nāryaḥ saṃśrayanti narān nṛpa |

bhartāram api jīvantaṃ anyān vyabhicaranty uta, rājan ||

Translation

Vaiśampāyana said: “O king, even the wives of valiant men—women who ought to be protected by honor—will seek the shelter of other men; and, even while their husbands are still alive, they will engage in adultery with others, O ruler.”

Word by Word

• वीरपत्न्यः: wives of heroes
• वीरपत्न्यः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: वीरपत्नी
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Plural

• तथा: also/likewise
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा

• नार्यः: women
• नार्यः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: नारी
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Plural

• संश्रयन्ति: take refuge in / resort to
• Type: Verb
• Root: सं-श्रि
• Form: Present, Third, Plural, Parasmaipada

• नरान्: men
• नरान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: नर
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• नृप: O king
• Type: Noun
• Root: नृप
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• भर्तारम्: husband
• भर्तारम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: भर्तृ
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• अपि: even/also
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि

• जीवन्तम्: living, alive
• Type: Adjective
• Root: जीवत्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• अन्यान्: others
• अन्यान्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्य
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• व्यभिचरन्ति: commit adultery / are unfaithful
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि-अति-चर (व्यभि-चर)
• Form: Present, Third, Plural, Parasmaipada

• उत: and/also (emphatic)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: उत

• राजन्: O king
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन्
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśaṃpāyana